The City of Your Final Destination (2009) on Netflix
Omar Razaghi, a doctoral student in Kansas, wins a grant for a biography of the writer Jules Gund. In Uruguay he needs consent from Gund's brother, widow and younger mistress.
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Plot summary
Twenty-eight years old and a doctoral student at the University of Kansas, Omar Razaghi has won a grant for a biography of Jules Gund, the Latin American writer who died some years before. The book cannot go forward without the authorization of the family, and three people were close to Gund: his brother, his widow and his younger mistress. Omar travels from Kansas to Uruguay to put his request to them.
Cast
- Nicholas Blandulloas Young Adam
- Hector Fonsecaas Old Gaucho
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- Susana Salernoas Helpful People at the Bus Depot
- Rossana Gabbianoas Helpful People at the Bus Depot
- Ambar Mallmanas Portia Gund
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The City of Your Final Destination (2009)
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- Anthony Hopkins claimed that Merchant Ivory had short-changed the cast and crew and that he had not been paid for his work; in October 2007 he filed a lawsuit against the company for his $750,000 salary.
- The City of Your Final Destination was the first Merchant Ivory film made without producer Ismail Merchant and composer Richard Robbins, and, as of 2026, the last narrative feature James Ivory has directed.
- Actress and singer Susan (Suzy) Malick sued Merchant Ivory and James Ivory for a producer credit and $500,000 in an unpaid loan she had provided when the film was threatened with shutdown for lack of funding; the suit was settled out of court.
